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<p n="455">One Pair of Stairs WindowsThat they Appeared<lb></lb>
to be Single FiringsThat after those Firings out<lb></lb>
of the Windows the Soldiers were Ordered to Fire<lb></lb>
That they then Fired a great many times And Informts.<lb></lb>
thinks Principally at the One Pair of Stairs Room<lb></lb>
That some short time afterwards somebody At the Door<lb></lb>
Orderd' the Soldiers to<del>Fire</del>
Load with BallWhether<lb></lb>
it was the Justice or the Commanding Officer gave that<lb></lb>
Order Informant knows<del>not.</del>
Thinks the Soldiers<lb></lb>
being Killed was the Reason of that Orders being given<lb></lb>
That Directly afterwards they Fired as fast as they Loaded<lb></lb>
not in a regular mannerBut two or they at a<lb></lb>
time in different Parts of the HouseThat they had no Direction to Fire at any particulars PartThat there<lb></lb>
was One Man Fired into the Tap Room after there<lb></lb>
was an Order to Fire no moreThat he cannot<lb></lb>
Say he heard any Firing within the House Except from the One Pair of Stairs Windows as above<lb></lb>
That there was an Order given by the Commanding<lb></lb>
Officer to the Soldiers to keep themselves Close as if they<lb></lb>
were in an Engagemt.But whether such Order<lb></lb>
was given before or after they fired Informant<lb></lb>
cannot RecollectRather Thinks it was before<lb></lb>
they Fired at all</p>
<p n="456"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50704_n456-1">Thos. Newton</rs>
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